TITLE

Social sites and blogs are the talk of the Net

PUB. DATE

August 2006

SOURCE

Marketing Week (01419285);8/31/2006, Vol. 29 Issue 35, p35

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article presents information on issues related to social networking Web sites and Weblogs. According to Hitwise Inc., Myspace is one of the most popular social networking sites in Great Britain. It is reported that the social networking web site Orkut which is owned by Google Inc. is popular among Brazilians. According to the company Ofcom, 16 to 24 year olds used social networking sites for keeping up contacts.

ACCESSION #

25347197

Tags: ONLINE social networks;  BLOGS;  SOCIAL contact;  HITWISE P/L;  GOOGLE Inc.

 

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